падам

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *padati.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpadɐm]

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• Rhymes: -adɐm
• Syllabification^(key): па‧дам

па́дам • (pádam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective па́дна)

1. (intransitive, atelic) to fall, to drop (to descend into a lower position)
   1. to fall under the effect of a force (typically gravity)

      падам от някъде ― padam ot njakǎde ― to fall from somewhere

      падам на някъде ― padam na njakǎde ― to fall towards somewhere

      падам върху нещо ― padam vǎrhu nešto ― to fall upon something

      падам по гръб/очи ― padam po grǎb/oči ― to fall on one's back/face

   2. to come down, to descend, to precipitate (slowly and gradually)

      пада дъжд/сняг ― pada dǎžd/snjag ― it rains/snows (literally, “rain/snow is precipitating”)

      пада сянка върху ... ― pada sjanka vǎrhu ... ― а shadow falls onto ...

      пада мрак ― pada mrak ― darkness falls down

   3. to fall down, to crumble, to plunge (quickly and abruptly)

      падам стремглаво надолу ― padam stremglavo nadolu ― to fall rapidly downwards

      падащи отломки ― padašti otlomki ― falling debris

   4. to fall, to decrease (to diminish in quantity, intensity, quality, etc.)

      температурата пада ― temperaturata pada ― the temperature is dropping

      качеството пада ― kačestvoto pada ― the quality declines

      цените падат ― cenite padat ― the prices decrease

   5. (figurative) to fade, to subside (to lose vigour or potency)

      падам духом ― padam duhom ― to lose heart

      настроението пада ― nastroenieto pada ― the mood sinks

2. (intransitive, telic) to fall, to go down (to reach a bottom state)
   1. to fall down, to collapse

      падам о земи ― padam o zemi ― to hit the ground

      Пада като гръм от ясно небе. (idiom)

      Pada kato grǎm ot jasno nebe.

      [Something] happens out of nowhere.

      (literally, “To stike down like a thunder from a clear sky.”)

   2. to fall, to run into (to enter some impediment)

      падам в капан ― padam v kapan ― to get caught in a trap

   3. (figurative, poetic) to fall, to be overthrown or defeated

      падам в бой ― padam v boj ― to fall in battle

   4. (figurative) (+ в (v)) to lose face, to det disgraced

      падам в очите на някого (idiom)

      padam v očite na njakogo

      to shame oneself

      (literally, “to fall before s.o.'s eye”)

3. (intransitive) to befall, to come about (to unfold spontaneously, without an external intervention)
   1. to transpire, to take place

      пада голяма веселба ― pada goljama veselba ― a big celebration is going on

      падат пари от нещо ― padat pari ot nešto ― money is being made from some [endeavour]

   2. (reflexive with се) to happen, to be in turn

      днес се пада ден X ― dnes se pada den X ― today happens to be day X

   3. (reflexive with се) to occur, to chance upon

      някому се пада възможност ― njakomu se pada vǎzmožnost ― an opportunity occurs to s.o.

4. (intransitive) to affect, to influence
   1. (usually with negative connotation) to inflict, to cast some effect

      върху някого пада нещастие/беда ― vǎrhu njakogo pada neštastie/beda ― s.o. is struck down [by] misfortune

   2. (reflexive-sе) to get, to be reached

      някому така се пада ― njakomu taka se pada ― to deserve it (literally, “it thus falls [onto] s.o.”)

   3. (reflexive with си) to be fond of, to treasure

      падам си по някого/нещо ― padam si po njakogo/nešto ― to be fond of somebody/something

• па́де (páde, “descends”) (dialectal)
• па́ждам (páždam) (dialectal)

• “падам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “падам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1901), “па́дамь (па́двамь, да па́днѫ, па́днувамь)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 2
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “падам, падна, паднувам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 999
• “падати”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026